With Thanksgiving past us and a thin blanket of snow on the ground, now is a perfect time for viewing holiday lights! The fifth annual IBEW Holiday Lights in the Park Tour is a spectacular drive-through holiday light display experience, featuring more than 50 larger than life holiday light sculptures and animated displays. It is a perfect destination for a festive evening, and you can enjoy it all from the comfort of your car.

The event in St. Paul’s Phalen park benefits Second Harvest Heartland and other local charities, and is open now through January 1.

For more information, visit the Holiday Lights in the Park website.

The weather outside might be frightful—or at least cold, but that doesn’t mean that you have to stay inside this holiday season! This year, the IBEW Holidays Light in the Park is brighter than ever and offers the perfect way to spend an enjoyable evening and give back to the community.

Travel through St. Paul’s Phalen Park to view more than 50 larger-than-life holiday sculptures and animated displays, all from the comfort of your own car. And this year, there’s even an Enchanted Fairytale Forest—a handsome prince, a beautiful princess, horse and carriage, fantastic castle, mischievous wizard, and of course a fire-breathing dragon!

The event is open now through January 1 and a portion of the proceeds benefit Second Harvest Heartland and other local charities. Gather your family and friends and enjoy a holiday night in the park.

For more information, visit the Holiday Lights in the Park website.

It got cold earlier this year, leaving many of us with a little less time to decorate our homes for the holidays! But don’t worry—there’s still plenty of time to celebrate the joy of the season. The third annual IBEW Holiday Lights in the Park Tour will be sure to get you and yours into the holiday spirit. The event, which benefits Second Harvest Heartland and other local charities, invites the entire community to celebrate the holiday season by viewing a spectacular array of more than 50 holiday light sculptures and animated displays as you tour Saint Paul’s beautiful Phalen Park during the evening hours, all from the comfort of your car.

The IBEW Holiday Lights in the Park tour runs now until January 1, 2011.

For more information, visit the Holiday Lights in the Park website.

Photo courtesy of the Pioneer Press

Minnesota’s first annual Holiday Lights in the Park kicked off last night with a very special guest. Tammie Schommer, a victim of a terrible attack in Phalen Park last August, joined Mayor Coleman in flipping the switch to light up the park. Joined also by Police Chief John Harrington, Council Member Dan Bostrom and Santa, Tammie’s presence at the event was an inspiring and heartwarming addition to the kickoff speakers.

Holiday Lights in the Park is a .6-mile long trail of animated displays and holiday lights along Lake Phalen in Saint Paul. Proceeds from the event will benefit local charities, including Second Harvest Heartland. Famillies in the community are encouraged to visit the park, nightly from November 25 through December 31. For more information, visit www.lightsinthepark.org or our events page.